(from PhiladelphiaWeekly)
“We try not to be pretentious at all,” says MLMs frontman Chris Gibbons. “We really like our music, we think our record is great ... but we don’t think we’re the next coming of Lennon/McCartney. We don’t think we’re revolutionizing the world. We think that we’re having a really good time and playing really good music.”
That mix of earnestness and fun has suited the MLMs well. It’s their kaleidoscopic sounds—changing minute to minute, song to song—that first catch the ear. Sunny shoegaze shifts to gritty Offspring-like choruses, followed by a pop-punk snippet even Panic at the Disco could call their own (albeit with heavy country/bluegrass overtones). And, of course, the unmistakable Nintendo-esque tones of the MLM keyboard—a tiny, plastic “Music Learning Module” used by beginners that gives each MLMs song its uplifting, playful vibe. READ MORE
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